"A Good Place to Live:"  This HUD guide is written for tenants in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8), but provides an excellent overview of what housing authorities will be examining when conducting inspections of rental properties.  HUD no longer publishes this booklet, but does make it available for download.  You must have Adobe's  Acrobat Reader to read this document. 

Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook:  This is the authoritative HUD reference for the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program.  You can download or read individual chapters or the entire guidebook.